this is video from one of cnn's eye reporters. they shot this from an apartment complex shor the tornado touched down a. number of officials in mississippi say three people have been injured and the storm has caused a significant amount of damage. the governor issue add state of emergency for four -- issued a state of emergency for four counties affected by the storm. >> you can see trees down, cars and homes damaged. debris everywhere. the storm also damaged several buildings at the university of southern mississippi and a high school. many of the homes were left without power. the university and the high school will be closed today. one other thing i was reading, the red cross is completely destroyed in that community. so that's going to be a big hassle for people there because that's who they rely on at times like this. >> right now we have severe weather to the south. major snow storms to the north book ending us. what do we have? >>> we have the rain right now. this is the second storm bringing the severe weather to the south